Category Archives: Diabolos

Looks like I am playing again – well after I get updated

Posted on July 20, 2009 by | 2 comments

On a side note, photoshop doesn’t appear to be handling my screenshots anymore.  It is really slow when opening anything over 6MPix in size.

Last Saturday while playing on my 14-day trial, I was invited to attend a Dynamis with the group I used to play with on Diabolos, now called LastBoss.  I went as a White Mage and it is the first time I’ve been a White Mage in Dynamis in nearly 2 years.

Not shown -- me letting everyone die

It really was like riding a bike.  I guess since I’ve been playing White Mage since summer of 2005 it was all muscle memory.  It probably also helps that I had a backup copy of my macros from my old computer and was able to get back to what I was used to quickly.

The group is new, and had some trouble.  They also only had about 20 people in the zone, excluding myself.

At least we got to the Angry Tuna…

Pictured -- everyone dead

At least it wasn’t my fault?

Anyways, after this, I was ready to restart the Pyra.

I logged on to Caitsith just in time to go kill Roc.

Its like the Rocky Horror Picture Show, except it isn't.ToD was sometime that doesn’t matter anymore because the server was reset.

I then got to go and do Limbus with my old group.  I missed them.  But lets not tell them that, it makes it harder for me to negotiate for more cookies.

I have to admit, losing my Thief and Monk macros made this tough.  I barely remember what gear I had to switch and when (if I remember right, both had significantly more gear swap macros than my White Mage ever did).  I was casting spells and using JAs and WSs from the menus again like a common noob.  I might be somewhat nooby again, but I’m far from ‘common’ :).  Limbus was really fun, and it was hardly about the items, it was just about having fun with some old friends.

On Sunday night, I went back into Dynamis with KillerInstinct.  We did a Jeuno.  After I’d spent half the day writing new Thief macros, I ended up going as a Monk.  However…

eesI was a little disappointed.  The other one only hit me for 700ish.  My monk has ~1600 HPs in Dynamis gear (and I was /WAR)

I noticed a few things after my extended absence —

  1. I can’t remember what is ‘good’ for damage anymore.  My asurans were hitting for ~450-500, and I was pulling hate, but I thought they should be double that
  2. The economy has gone crazy.  Most ancient currencies have doubled in price while I was away.  I’m sure not complaining though, as I had a bunch on Pyra which I’ve sold to gain some pocket change.
  3. Thief evasion is still as amazing as always.  Because I need inventory space, I went and completed the first two Young Griffons quests.  The second requires you to fight a NM with a high counter rate.  Well, he barely hit me on my Thief (ok so I added about +17 evasion skill and wore some of my normal +eva gear).
  4. I need to completely rewrite my Thief and Monk macros.  They needed it before, but it feels like such a daunting task.

Anyways, enjoy your Moogle Coup of State and update.  I’m going on vacation in a few days, and so won’t be even starting the 2 mini expansions for about a month.

-pyra

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I Really Just Hate People Sometimes…

Posted on July 2, 2008 by | 9 comments

Now I like making fun of people sometimes too, but there are times when people join an end-game LS and all of a sudden think their shit don’t stink.

This came to me today.

http://www.bluegartrls.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2091015#post2091015

Quote:  Deuciont – “it’s shit like this that makes me wish mog bonanza never happened…”

Below that is a pic of someone he feels doesn’t deserve a Hauteclaire.

Now looking at the screenshot, I see a PLD who has reasonably decent gear, but because they ‘won’ their sword and didn’t ‘earn’ it via endless camping of a 2-3 day spawn, she is suddenly ‘gimp’.  All of the people that those felt ‘deserved’ the sword, all got congrats, those who didn’t ‘deserve’ it, ZOMG gimp.

I can understand that some are annoyed that these paladins got so lucky and got their sword, but if an otherwise decent tank suddenly gets an AMAZING sword, which helps them do their job better, its suddenly bad?  Looking at the gear, they have just about the best you can get w/o a bit of luck while not camping hnms all day.

Maybe it wouldn’t bother me much, but the poster (Deuciont) is just an ass.

He quit the LS I was in previously on diabolos to join a bunch of people who quit DarkStatic, which at the time was really falling apart.

http://www.devotionls.info/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=3

Quote:  Deuciont – “Previous Linkshell: SomeRandom LS, I wasn’t having any fun over there.”

Just admit what shell you were in (here’s a clue, its the one post you made on their site during your worthless time there).  Really, you join a formerly ok end-game shell and suddenly you are too good to admit where you came from?  Then you have the audacity to tell this paladin — who is probably thrilled beyond all measure that they got one of the best swords for their job — that they don’t deserve it?  I don’t know Archangelite, nor am I familiar with her shell, but I will still defend them against an attack like this.

What she did was very smart, and good.  She has decent gear, and she just upgraded her sword.  She also did not spend everything she had on just one piece (which is also a GOOD thing).  She can still afford her foods.  Trying to get better items is generally accepted as a ‘good’ thing in this game, especially on BG.

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More Fun With Dynamis Lord

Posted on April 25, 2008 by | 2 comments

I really love doing Dynamis – Xarcabard for the Dynamis Lord fight.  As a Monk, its one of the few times I get to just go crazy and try to kill as fast as possible.  While my group does do Proto-Omega as a zerg fight, I usually sub warrior for survivability.

Wait, sub warrior to survive?  So what do you sub for Dynamis Lord?

Dark Knight.  Yes the zerg Red Mage’s favorite sub is also the zerg Monk’s favorite sub.  It does, however, require the full attention of a white mage (or two) per monk to work.  Souleater + Hundred Fists gets deadly FAST, especially if the boss gets a lucky tp move off.  Asuran Fists, at full HP, and if all 8 hits connect (which is somewhat rare on Dynamis Lord — 7 of 8 hits is more common for me) takes me from about 1500 to 650 HP instantly.  But, with a subbed souleater, half of that lost health is converted directly into damage (around 425).  [Disclaimer:  All numbers are rounded since my DL zerg gear is a combination of my Chi Blast and melee gear to avoid blinking and causing my white mage to lose target.  You can do the numbers yourself, the math is <total HP> * (.9^8) for what your ending HP will be if all 8 hits connect.  Gear listed at end of post].

As a result of Asuran costing me 67% of my total HP, I tend to prefer Dragon Kick on Dynamis Lord.  This works well since I wear an Osode for the initial Chi Blast, then don’t take it off.  A 300% tp Dragon Kick is a powerhouse, and doesn’t completely kill me (end with 81% of starting HP since its a 2-hit WS).  I also sometimes have to save TP if my white mage is having a little trouble keeping my health up (as was the case at the beginning of the fight last night).

This screenshot shows one of my highest Dragon Kick’s on Dynamis Lord so far, as well as part of the chat lines to show how much curing a Monk needs.

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Once that Cure V landed, I was at near full health, and 300% tp.  665 is not too bad, although about 150 of that damage was from my souleater.

Willowdream is almost always my only white mage for this.  If I haven’t mentioned it before, she’s great, and I only died once (and even then it was to an Oblivion Smash) on the Dynamis Lord fight since I’ve started doing Xarcabard for the win.

Even though I didn’t get the kill shot on Dynamis Lord (although I sure tried), this is the second time ever that I’ve seen full drops.

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At this rate, I might even get a shadow ring of my own!

I later had some fun with a skeleton (after the hourglass expired) and some souleater + asuran.  😀  I’m evil.

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Well, since the theme of this post is monking and dynamis, please congratulate Miz on his shinny new Melee Crown, which completes his monk AFv2 set.

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-pyra

My Monk Dynamis Lord fight gear is:

Weapons:  Destroyers (duh)
Ranged:  Bibiki Seashell (hush you, I’m lazy)
Head:  Temple Crown +1
Neck:  Chivalrous Chain
Ear1:  Merman’s Earring
Ear2:  Brutal Earring
Body:  Kirin’s Osode
Hands:  Temple Gloves
Ring1:  Ulthalam’s Ring
Ring2:  Raja’s Ring (I know, it doesn’t work in the Ring2 slot, only the Ring1 slot, hush you)
Back:  Melee Cape
Waist:  Brown Belt (if anyone wants to get me a black belt, I’ll happily accept it)
Legs:  Byakko’s Haidate
Feet:  Suzaku’s Sune-Ate

This setup gives me the bonus to boost from AFv1 hands, as well as +38 to MND.  I also like the extra accuracy from Focus with AFv1+1 head on.  I’m sure that this could be improved.  I’ve tried a couple different setups.  Most of the things that require me to switch gear cause trouble to my white mage (although she now has /target Pyra and /ma “Spell” Pyra macros).  Since I have Soul Voiced songs on me, my accuracy isn’t going to get a whole lot better than it is already (souleater has +25 acc too, but I’m not sure if it stacks with focus, which is +30 acc since I use AFv1+1 head).  Also, we always make sure to land Angon and Feint on Dynamis Lord, which helps a LOT.

Sadly, we only have one more run at the guy until June.  No thief gloves at all this month :(.  We had 3 white mage gloves fall this week, I’m hoping for a repeat with thief gloves next run (especially since I’m currently #3 in line for the blue gloves).

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About My Avatar

Posted on April 2, 2008 by | Leave a comment

For the past year and a half or so, everywhere I post, I use the same avatar.

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So here’s why.

A long, long time ago — October 2006 to be exact — a friend hooked me up with a CoP static.  We started with 6-4 Airship and went to the end.  It was quite possibly the most fun I’ve ever had in this game.  The group was fun, the Cut Scenes, amazing.  We really bonded as a group for those few days.

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It was four members of the Linkshell “Mercury” on Diabolos, and me, mostly a member of a small social called “UniversityFFXI“, and partially a member of the shell “PheonixPinion”.  In the interest of not bringing up old drama, I had to leave PP due to completing CoP, and that’s all I’ll say about it.

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It was a very fun group, and it helped that they had a lot of experience working together — and a KC DRK friend for the Tenzen fight :).

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Anyways, as a part of the CoP 8-3 Mission, you have to get the “Brand of Dawn” and “Brand of Twilight” key items.  These are on the second floor of The Garden of Ru’Hmet.

This is the start of the CS.

8-3_gate

And here is the full screen from which my avatar was cropped.

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If they never get another mention, here they are.  These people were at one point, my friends.  I do miss them.

Hemorabe — Now a Mandau Thief.  Member of MercuryX, Phoenix server.
Silvez — Now a D Ring/Aegis/M Body Paladin.  Member of MercuryX, Phoenix server.
Fleance — Now a member of Apocalypse, Diabolos server.
Jessi — who I have not seen in a long time.

I talked to Fleance a couple months ago.  He’s in Apocalypse and doing well.  Have not heard much from the others, but I only really talked to Hemo regularly of the other 3.

We were all in agreement though — we were all both happy, and sad, to be done with CoP.  It was a fun experience, something I haven’t experienced since.

To remember this event, and the good time we had, I use the symbol for the Brand of Dawn as my avatar.

And that is the story.

-pyra

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Oh How Far We’ve Come

Posted on January 23, 2008 by | 1 comment

I was digging through my archives and I ran across this video

http://downloads.ai-ls.com/pyra/dynamislord.avi
(42 MB, requires DivX).

The file’s date was 05 Oct 2005.

It is the first known successful attempt by an English speaking LS at killing Dynamis Lord.

And of course, my own first attempt with Ethereal (they still exist, but only recently beat DL).

http://downloads.ai-ls.com/pyra/SuicideDLEthereal.wmv
(54 MB, requires DivX)

This file’s date was 04 Jan 2006, but I believe the attempt was made in late December 2005. The music choice could be better, but I didn’t make it. If anyone knows that the first song is, let me know. The other song was based on an inside joke at the time that no one probably remembers anymore. I’m sure they would be horrified to know this video still exists.

A later attempt with the same group as above

http://downloads.ai-ls.com/pyra/dylord.jpg

File was dated 12 July 2006.

I feel like a noob all over again watching this stuff. So many people in that video who no longer play. Such crappy gear, yet we thought we were awesome.

What a difference a couple years makes.

-pyra

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Some More Random Pictures

Posted on January 17, 2008 by | 2 comments

I made a mule on Diabolos and went to visit my old friend Virmythrax.  Got to see her Mog House too.  I like what she’s done with the place, it is quite organized, unlike mine, which is, very Spartan.  I need to get one of those tables for my fishtank.

visiting_virmy

This is just one of those pics that had to be posted.  From Apollyon NE, the one boss Cronos, was hiding in a tree.  I liked it, but the picture lost much in the resizing.

cronos_limbo

Floating chest!  Many people saw this one floating for some reason, so it wasn’t just on my end, this time.

floating_chest

And my aggro-happy friends, as they aggro not 1, but 2 Om’youvras.  Az should take note, this will kill Mischa much better than just one lower-tier UFO will.

double_ufo

Really, was this necessary?  I hit him for 31, then get nailed for 1023.  That doesn’t seem fair for some reason.

ouchie

-pyra

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Dynamis – Xarcabard Final Cut Scenes

Posted on December 21, 2007 by | Leave a comment

The closing Cut Scene from Dynamis – Xarcabard was one of the coolest I’ve seen so far.  It should be, for all the effort it takes to get there.

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Ohhh dead-ish people.  Its like a dead family reunion.

dy_x_close_cs1

More ghosty people.  Its really, really awesome.

dy_x_close_cs2

Then some parts of the text.  As I said, awesome.

dy_x_close_cs3

Ohh, a mysterious ??? is talking.  I wonder who that could be.  Any thoughts?  Diabolos perhaps?

dy_x_close_cs4

That…Just….Happened.

-pyra

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The All Too Short Life of Persius

Posted on December 14, 2007 by | Leave a comment

Hi!  My name is Persius, I’m a level 1 taru Warrior on Caitsith server

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Awwww aren’t I a cutie!

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Oh no, a big bad elf wants his name back 🙁

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Wait, there is still hope maybe they won’t click Yes

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Maybe they won’t hold down "D".

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Well, its been nice knowing you.  To every season turn turn turn, etc.

-Persius

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What is wrong with Diabolos

Posted on November 9, 2007 by | 2 comments

I’m not going to say much, just let the post take care of explaining itself.

Something happened at a Fafnir. Who remembers anymore what it was. I still get a laugh at this series of screenshots, even today.

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And to lighten the mood

whm-nin-hammertime.png

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I don’t know what to say

Posted on May 16, 2007 by | Leave a comment

That encounter with the other ls was, disheartening at best.

I know its only a matter of time before they work their way over to these forums, and then the blogs. I’m almost afraid they will show the same maturity on our website as they did at our last encounter. Still not sure what exactly set them off last night.

It was nice of them to spread lies and half truths about the events to other lses.

An entire determined to prevent us from getting the item we were hunting.

I was originally going to post part of the un-official history of their ls (ie, what actually happened as witnessed from an outside observer), but decided against it. The only thing it would do is cause more mud-slinging, and there is already too much of that.

As much as they would like you to believe, their hands are just as dirty as any other end-game ls. The way they acted last night was not the behaviour of a respectable linkshell. I suppose its easy to ‘dismiss’ new lses now that you consider yourselves ‘one of the greats’ (holds in puke at writing that). Being great is more than just being able to kill stuff. They seem to forget very quickly that not too long ago, they were a newbie ls that everyone else just ‘dismissed’. It seems they are still bitter or angry about that.

I’m not going to start a blame war, because everyone will just say that someone on the other side did something to provoke an event, and that what they did wrong was retaliation for an earlier event (and thus, my side is blameless, I’m an innocent little angel), etc, and I’m not holding any grudges (at the same time, it will take a while before I trust that ls).

I know someone will eventually find their way to this site. That’s fine. Just behave.

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